JPH01114939A - Unit control system - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To control a unit without executing operator's unit specification by forming a means for storing operating system (OS) identification (ID) information, a sort processing means, etc., in an area specified at the time of executing initializing processing. CONSTITUTION:At the time of generating a FORMAT command from the OS, i.e. at the time of initializing processing of a medium, a storing processing part 21 stores OS ID information in the previously fixed area of the medium. At the time of inserting the initialized medium, an information ID processing part 22 reads out the OS ID information stored in the previously determined area of the medium and decides the OS. A sort processing part 23 transfers the information to the OS in the system recognized by the processing part 22, stores the OS information in its corresponding unit control information area in a unit control table 104 and executes system sorting processing so that the OS can use the medium. Thus, unit control can be attained without executing operator's unit specification.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a unit management system, and particularly to unit management processing when a plurality of operating systems (OS) are installed in an information processing device.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, in an information processing apparatus equipped with a plurality of OSs, there is no process for identifying which OS corresponds to the contents recorded on a medium such as a hard disk, a floppy disk, or a magnetic tape. In other words, the external storage bag W (hereinafter referred to as a unit) that accommodates a recording medium and writes and reads software and data to and from the recording medium is set so that one unit can only support one OSL. If a recording medium was inserted into a unit other than that specified by a certain OS, it would be considered unconnected and could not be used.

[Problem that the invention seeks to solve]

The above-mentioned conventional system has the disadvantage that only the specified unit can be used because the system is specified by the operator, and the disadvantage is that only one OSL can be used for one unit because the system is specified by the unit.

[Means for solving problems]

The unit management system of the present invention is capable of using any OS on a recording medium.
an information storage means for storing OS identification information in an area specified during initialization processing in order to identify the storage medium; and an information recognition means for reading the OS identification information when inserting the recording medium and determining which OS it belongs to. , O corresponding to the recognized information
It has a classification processing means for sorting into S.

〔Example〕

Next, the present invention will be explained with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram showing one embodiment. Multiple OS (
1011, 1012, --, 102-n) are installed in an information processing device, multiple external storage devices [Unit-〇 (103-1), Unit 1 (
103-2), unit-2 (103-2), and unit-m (103-m):) can be used in a shared manner with another OS. However, when a recording medium is inserted, one OS is occupied.

FIG. 2 shows the configuration of the unit management system 102 of the present invention. The storage processing unit 21 uses FORMAT from the OS.
When a command is issued, that is, when a medium is initialized, the information identification processing unit 22 stores the OS identification information in a predetermined area of the medium. OS stored in a predetermined area of
The 0 classification processing unit 23, which reads the identification information and determines which OS it is, passes information to the OS on the system recognized by the information identification processing unit 22, and also manages the corresponding unit in the unit management table 104. OS information is stored in the information area, and the system is classified so that the OS can use the medium.

〔Effect of the invention〕

As explained above, the present invention allows the information storage unit to store zero data on the recording medium.
By storing the 8iI-specific information, the information recognition section reads the information when the recording medium is inserted, and the OS can be identified by that information, and the classification processing section can classify the information. It has the effect of being manageable.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a unit management system of the present invention. 101-1 to n are OSs, 102 is a unit management system, 103-1 to m are units, and 104 is a unit management table.

Claims (1)

[Claims] In a unit management system for an information processing device having a plurality of OSs, information storage means for storing OS identification information in a predetermined area of the recording medium during initialization processing of a recording medium accommodated in the unit; information recognition means for identifying the OS identification information read when the processed recording medium is inserted into the unit; and classification processing means for allocating the system to an OS corresponding to the recognized OS identification information. A unit management system comprising: